When you are shortlisting a resume, what are the top three things you look for?
It would be great if you could mention these for 3 types of candidates -
1. Freshers
2. Laterals
3. Senior Management
Answers (9)
Subhas C B.
Trainer & Management Consultant
Best Answers in: Using LinkedIn (24), Staffing and Recruiting (12), Career Management (10), Education and Schools (5), Job Search (4), Change Management (4), Mentoring (3), Organizational Development (3), Certification and Licenses (2), Occupational Training (2), Personnel Policies (2), Internationalization and Localization (2), Offshoring and Outsourcing (2), Guerrilla Marketing (2), Public Relations (2), Writing and Editing (2), Quality Management and Standards (2), Professional Books and Resources (2), Ethics (2), Professional Networking (2), Computers and Software (2), Purchasing (1), Regulation and Compliance (1), Business Dining and Entertainment (1), Conference Venues (1), Accounting (1), Budgeting (1), IPO (1), Venture Capital and Private Equity (1), Economics (1), Risk Management (1), Government Policy (1), Compensation and Benefits (1), Advertising (1), Internet Marketing (1), Business Development (1), Labor Relations (1), Planning (1), Currency Markets (1), Option Markets (1), Nonprofit Management (1), Manufacturing (1), Supply Chain Management (1), Personal Investing (1), Personal Real Estate (1), Distribution (1), Market Research and Definition (1), Pricing (1), Professional Organizations (1), Business Plans (1), Small Business (1), Starting Up (1), Green Business (1), E-Commerce (1), Telecommunications (1), Web Development (1)
1. Freshers - proof of doing things beyond curriculum; sample of project work, seminars; and grooming during formative years.
2. Laterals: Managing diversity and ability to learn; teamworking; and functional understanding on new role.
3. Senior Management: Confirmation of leading people in difficult times or situations; finance, HR and technical functional orientation; and proof of building and managing a team.
For Freshers: Pedigree, projects, Relevant theoretical domain knowledge(at least the basics have to be good enough)
For laterals: match in the experience, stability, kind of role the person can gel into at the current organization
For senior management: team buliding, agressiveness, co-ordination with all superiors of the company, dealing with critical situations
For Freshers: Academic Profile, Final year / Summer Internship Project / Organizational Projects, Extra / Co-curricular Activities.
For laterals: Core Competency & Relevant Experience, Career Stability, Reasons for looking out for other opportunities.
For senior management: No of Resources handled, No of Projects executed / Handled, Types of Customers / account whether Large / mid sized accounts handled.Reporting Structure. Escalations / Issues Handling.
Freshers: Ability to grasp, project work,Communication skills.
Laterals: Stability in his jobs, communication, skillsets as per the client needs.
Senior Management: Leadership abilities, his work contributions, his HR skills.
James B.
Engineer at Photonis USA
Best Answers in: Using LinkedIn (31), Computers and Software (10), Software Development (8), Staffing and Recruiting (5), Personnel Policies (4), Internet Marketing (3), Career Management (3), Commercial Real Estate (2), Job Search (2), Resume Writing (2), Graphic Design (2), Ethics (2), Certification and Licenses (1), Occupational Training (1), Conference Planning (1), Accounting (1), Government Policy (1), Viral Marketing (1), Business Development (1), Search Marketing (1), Change Management (1), Organizational Development (1), Planning (1), Derivatives Markets (1), Equity Markets (1), Manufacturing (1), Supply Chain Management (1), Product Design (1), Small Business (1), Energy and Development (1), Green Products (1), Blogging (1), Enterprise Software (1), Computer Networking (1), Web Development (1)
1. Freshers. Reasonable, applicable courses and good grades. Projects are nice, but I don't feel they properly reflect the working environment.
2. Laterals - applicable experience. First by subject area, then by size of effort.
3. Senior Management - experience
Freshers : Consistent academic results.Projects done related to the current professional stream. ECA
Laterals : Consistency in prior assignments, team handling experience, key individual contributions.
Senior Management : Experience in Leading teams,key challenges handled, brands worked for.
For Top Management i will check 2 additional things:Diversity in experience. Also if she/he is attached to any social cause.
Wallace J.
Multimedia Producer, i3D Programmer, Acrobat 3D PDF, Android App, Virtual World & iTV Design, Kindle, Nook & Sony eBooks
Best Answers in: Using LinkedIn (138), Computers and Software (32), Web Development (24), Business Development (22), Government Policy (20), Internet Marketing (18), Software Development (18), Work-life Balance (17), Staffing and Recruiting (15), Career Management (14), Education and Schools (13), Small Business (12), Graphic Design (11), Job Search (10), Advertising (10), Starting Up (10), Wireless (10), Search Marketing (9), Change Management (9), Branding (9), Ethics (9), Travel Tools (8), Economics (8), Public Relations (8), Organizational Development (8), Manufacturing (8), Professional Networking (8), Energy and Development (8), Enterprise Software (8), Mentoring (7), Health Care (7), Business Analytics (7), Quality Management and Standards (7), Market Research and Definition (7), Blogging (7), Telecommunications (7), Internationalization and Localization (6), Mobile Marketing (6), Sales Techniques (6), Product Design (6), Customer Service (5), Occupational Training (5), Employment and Labor Law (5), Events Marketing (5), Writing and Editing (5), Planning (5), Communication and Public Speaking (5), E-Commerce (5), Freelancing and Contracting (4), Venture Capital and Private Equity (4), Government Services (4), Environmental Health (4), Direct Marketing (4), Viral Marketing (4), Supply Chain Management (4), Distribution (4), Professional Books and Resources (4), Business Plans (4), Computer Networking (4), Business Dining and Entertainment (3), Hotels (3), Event Marketing and Promotions (3), Conference Planning (3), Conference Venues (3), Customer Relationship Management (3), Lead Generation (3), Social Enterpreneurship (3), Project Management (3), Engineering (3), Green Products (3), Biotech (3), Databases (3), Information Security (3), Purchasing (2), Air Travel (2), Accounting (2), Financial Regulation (2), Personnel Policies (2), Public Health and Safety (2), Exporting/Importing (2), Offshoring and Outsourcing (2), Criminal Law (2), Contracts (2), Corporate Governance (2), Currency Markets (2), Personal Debt Management (2), Wealth Management (2), Green Business (2), Business Insurance (1), Commercial Real Estate (1), Facilities Management (1), Regulation and Compliance (1), Car and Train Travel (1), Certification and Licenses (1), Resume Writing (1), Budgeting (1), Corporate Debt (1), Foreign Investment (1), Corporate Taxes (1), Risk Management (1), Compensation and Benefits (1), International Law (1), Treaties, Agreements and Organizations (1), Finance and Securities Law (1), Intellectual Property (1), Guerrilla Marketing (1), Commodity Markets (1), Equity Markets (1), Nonprofit Fundraising (1), Nonprofit Management (1), Inventory Management (1), Personal Investing (1), Personal Real Estate (1), Franchising (1)
1. Experience
2. Skills
3. Industry Wins
Iam trying to answer this question practcally.....here we go...
1. Freshers: Domain Specialization (like dot net or java) with certification completed in Renowned (NIIT) centre. Depth of his Resume in projecting his Known things.
2. Laterals: hmm.....we will defintely get lot of Profiles for Laterals (I guess). But we should judge the best by understanding how a particular Resume stands ahead of all Profiles (Like Project he has worked in etc..)
3. SM: Yeah..its very tough indeed.......We can shortlist a profile only with this Work experience backgorund ....... No other go.......
Cheryl R.
Founder and Principal of CatapultMe and Cheryl Roshak Associates. Transforming Lives for Positive Change.
Best Answers in: Staffing and Recruiting (49), Using LinkedIn (18), Work-life Balance (17), Career Management (17), Mentoring (14), Small Business (13), Job Search (10), Change Management (10), Ethics (10), Advertising (8), Communication and Public Speaking (8), Personnel Policies (7), Organizational Development (7), Resume Writing (5), Freelancing and Contracting (4), Health Care (4), Starting Up (4), Education and Schools (3), Public Health and Safety (3), Graphic Design (3), Writing and Editing (3), Corporate Governance (3), Occupational Training (2), Internationalization and Localization (2), Business Development (2), Public Relations (2), Positioning (2), Databases (2), Customer Service (1), Facilities Management (1), Purchasing (1), Travel Tools (1), Certification and Licenses (1), Event Marketing and Promotions (1), Economics (1), Government Contracts (1), Government Services (1), Compensation and Benefits (1), Employment and Labor Law (1), Internet Marketing (1), Customer Relationship Management (1), Planning (1), Nonprofit Fundraising (1), Philanthropy (1), Social Enterpreneurship (1), Packaging and Labeling (1), Project Management (1), Quality Management and Standards (1), Supply Chain Management (1), Retirement and Estate Planning (1), Personal Real Estate (1), Wealth Management (1), Branding (1), Product Design (1), Professional Books and Resources (1), Professional Networking (1), Blogging (1), E-Commerce (1), Software Development (1), Web Development (1)
Freshers: presentation, academics and schooling, goals and direction
Laterals: presentation, branding and skill set, work history
Sr. Mgt. presentation, industry and experience, goals
In all cases the presentation of the resume tells me more than everything else in the resume, if it designed poorly, with typos and poor grammar, hard to read, is verbose or boastful it would have to have something else in it that caught my eye to make me change my mind on the candidate at any level. So much is revealed by the make-up of the resume that tells volumes about the candidate.
